What would YOU use these for?

My husband lucked up and got these cool wood containers from work. He will have an unlimited supply of them since they normally get trashed. I have many ideas for what to do with them, but I want more ideas since we will have so many! So what would you use them for?

Raised beds for gardening would be my first guess. Especially if you live in Colorado! Or if you can take them there.Storage bins?Chicken coops?Rabbit hutches?Worm farming?Caskets for Halloween?Watering troughs for livestock (coat the insides with liquid rubber)?Fish tank (again, coating the inside with liquid rubber)?

You can only personally use so many, so I would suggest creating a way to sell them. They can be marketed as planters, maybe feeding troughs for livestock, or maybe you can alter them to be some type of furniture. You can even get creative and paint designs to make them look funky. The possibilities are endless and is only limited by your imagination. Even if you only make a few $$ off of them, at least it would be more money!

You guys are so lucky. I can't believe that company is throwing them away and not finding a way to recycle them and make money. If you do happen to start making money off of them, tell your husband not to let the company know. I guarantee they would stop giving them to you and sell them on their own.

We were thinking of ways to make it profitable. I'm painting one today to see how it turns out! I'm so excited. I was kind of sad when I heard they were throwing away more than we could fit in the car each day! Thanks! I'm glad too!

Wow! u might need 2 consider partnering w/ some1 that has a truck and utility trailer. Also, if u can't make a use from them, your husband can network around & try 2 find some1 will buy & connect them w/ his company. b good points w/ the boss

My first thought was raised garden beds. You'd have to drill some drain holes in the bottom, then line with newspaper or landscape fabric so the soil doesn't fall out. They're tall enough that tending and planting them won't be hard on your back or knees.

Another thought is to use them as toy bins for your kids.

You can also use them to store your gardening tools and use them as a surface to pot plants.

Perhaps tear a couple of them down to create a lid on top that can couple as storage and seating for an outdoor patio setting. Buy or make some pads to put on top and you can create beautiful bench seating.

Or line them with potted plants to offset your outdoor living space and add some living color.

Hey these are GREAT! My mind is a-buzz with ideas. You don't give dimensions and I couldn't even guess by the picture.....BUTPainting them and adding decals for children.....Toy box, Mom? If they're too big for the house.....use them for "outdoor" toys, instead of all over the yard (which is what kids do with their toys!)....Have your husband stand them up the long way and secure them into the ground, as a shelter (if your kids wait outside for the school bus) Secure 3 on top of one another for extra shelving in the garage.Search "Junk & Treasure" yards, garage sales for old wagons. Use the wheels to secure to the bottom of your boxes, drill a couple holes at one end and attach a rope ....place your trash barrels in it and on trash day, just pull all your trash to the curb in one trip.Borrow someone's large vehicle to pick up as many as you can. I believe people WILL buy them from you. It's all profit!Nice stroke of luck! Look at all the suggestions you're getting. Have FUN!

Outside storage is great. A cheap plastic 1 from Sam's costs $100, so maybe find some spare plywood @ a residential construction site 2 cut down on costs. They r building a ton of houses n my neighborhood and I used spare wood 2 build a work bench

Toy box was why he first brought them home. We will be doing that! I hadn't thought of outside, but now I am going to put one out there because our backyard currently looks like a tornado hit it, toys everywhere! Thanks

With a lid of some kind they could become coffee tables/ottomans. Or serve as holiday decorations (pirate boat for halloween). Personally I would probably use them as storage in a garage or basement, but there certainly are a lot of possibilities.

When I saw them, I thought about raised bed gardening. They are very fitting for that purpose. You could sell them as Raised Bed Planters. I am sure a lot of gardeners would like them. They don't have to bend to look after their plants.

I have something similar but without the legs that were used as storage. Most of the stuff in them got thrown away or sent to salvo. I didn't want to get rid of them because I thought they looked cool. So I took them into the living room and flipped them upside down and made a coffer table. Maybe you can put a lid on one and use for storage or maybe into an apothecary bench.

People have given you some awesome ideas, so I'll add just one. If you can get any with lettering burned in, like brand names and such, I got a great idea from my son. He had a bunch of wooden cases from a store he managed. He made a table from an old bedstead with thick columns. He used the columns for legs by turning them upside down, made a table top out of birch, and painted all this copen blue. He cut the sides of the boxes lengthwise, making sure that all the lettering showed in each strip, and used these pieces in their natural state for reinforcement of the legs, placing them just underneath the top (for skirting). For extra reinforcement he used copper pipe in it's natural state, which he allowed to show about 2 inches under the box strips. Then he clear-coated all the wood pieces. I wish I had a photo to show you because these boxes and the old bed posts made a great looking piece. His client wanted it for a table to use behind her sofa, but using longer side strips and a larger top would make a great dining table.How I envy you. I wish I had access to your boxes.

great idea and you can get a wood burning kit at Michaels art store, with instructions on how,they are also very helpful with your craft idea so ask tips.my nephew did some wood burning and it was very cool.